"Shooters" - Comedy Show Pilot
On Friday, June 13 2008 I saw a posting on craigslist for crew for a comedy show pilot entitled "Shooters". I contacted director/screenwriter Javier Garcia of Javy Productions and offered my services as a 1st AD. Javier & I meet up at Starbucks the next day. Right there and then I got hired to be the 1st AD for a 4 day shot that same week starting June 20 through June 23rd. So we had 5 days to cast the rest of the roles, find locations, hire crew etc. I hired my friends/colleagues Daniel Maldonado as the DP and Ryan McMichael as the Gaffer. Javy Productions also rented my Panasonic HVX200 for the 4 day shot.
The flow of the whole production was smooth from the get go. There were no major set backs with talent schedules, locations nor crew. We had 4 days to shot 40 pages. My crew and I had to make sure we lite the scenes with the lighting package we had which consisted of (1) 1k, (1) 2k, (2) 650's and (2) 350's and some C-Stands. It came down to shooting 10 pages a day with a minimum of 3 locations a day with at least 10-15 talent a day.
As the 1st AD I had to make sure we were on schedule with out going over 12 hours a day.
As far as the script and talent there were freaking hilarious. I really had a fun time on the shot. Regardless of the fact that I had to set the tone everyday and that my responsibility was to make sure we didn't go over budget or schedule, I had a blast. Here are some stills from the production. Will post the trailer as soon as Javier finish the edit.
Last day of shooting was on Monday, June 23rd. We wrapped around 10:30 pm. 15 minutes later I get a call from Zimmerman Productions asking me and Ryan to Grip & Grip Electric the next day in Johnson City which is an hour and a half away. Call time was at 11:00 am. So much for resting :D
Shooters Premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse on Aug. 21st 2008!!!
The flow of the whole production was smooth from the get go. There were no major set backs with talent schedules, locations nor crew. We had 4 days to shot 40 pages. My crew and I had to make sure we lite the scenes with the lighting package we had which consisted of (1) 1k, (1) 2k, (2) 650's and (2) 350's and some C-Stands. It came down to shooting 10 pages a day with a minimum of 3 locations a day with at least 10-15 talent a day.
As the 1st AD I had to make sure we were on schedule with out going over 12 hours a day.
As far as the script and talent there were freaking hilarious. I really had a fun time on the shot. Regardless of the fact that I had to set the tone everyday and that my responsibility was to make sure we didn't go over budget or schedule, I had a blast. Here are some stills from the production. Will post the trailer as soon as Javier finish the edit.
Last day of shooting was on Monday, June 23rd. We wrapped around 10:30 pm. 15 minutes later I get a call from Zimmerman Productions asking me and Ryan to Grip & Grip Electric the next day in Johnson City which is an hour and a half away. Call time was at 11:00 am. So much for resting :D
Shooters Premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse on Aug. 21st 2008!!!
posted by El Gato Negro at
10:51 AM
2 Comments:
Looks like a great shoot. Where did you end up shooting? - Drew
Hello there! My son Isaiah was part of the cast of SHOOTERS and we enjoyed it as well! We were really amazed at how "behind the scenes" are so important in making the show! Hope we will get to work with you again soon!
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